Piefalootin - Garland

The wifey had her hair appointment today. Being a stupid redneck man, I don't mess with hair appointments. I am stupid, but not that stupid. I am not sure how the conversation went, but it ended with a recommendation for us to go to Piefalootin. The hair stylist advised it would put Pie Emporium to shame. Now that is pretty big boots to fill.

The wifey came home and informed me that dinner tonight would be Pie. Being the loving husband, I went for the Pie immediately. Didn't even have to think about it. You know I wallow in the bottom of the food pyramid until it comes to desserts. Especially cheesecake and pie.

Piefallotin only sells pies. What an impressive list of pie choices on their website. For the by the slice service, you have about 12 options to choose from each day. I guarantee you will like something you could savor. Apparently the choices change each day. So I need to go back everyday to try all the choices. There goes the diet for a while.

So after a unanimous vote of 1 to 0, we did the bump to Garland to Piefalootin for dinner. The wifey said should we go get a burger first. Is she kidding, Pie first, then we will figure out the boring part of the dinner tonight.

So upon arrival we start studying the options of the day. The sign was very confusing, How do you pick just one. There is a 3 sample size option, but who wants to be limited to sample size. After a long stair, I finally decided to go for Caramel Sawdust. Caramel, coconut, lots of crust, and lots of good luvin. The wifey went for "What's up Buttercup". Basically a Reese's peanut butter cup pie. She is a big fan of the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.

The wifey decided after the first bite that my score was a 10. Man this is heaven on earth. She is right, as always, giv'em a 10.  Bye Bye Emporium Pie. You are an afterthought now.

As God blesses us, Piefalootin happens to be across Shiloh from the car repair shop that fixes all of our cars. So now, I can take a car or pick up a car and take a piece of pie home. I know how to play this game.

So if your sweet tooth is wanting to be comforted, grab up your favorite buddies and sashay to Piefallootin. While you are there, pick me up a piece and drop it off at my house on your way home. PIck any flavor, you can't go wrong.

Butterscotch Cream Pie
Peach Cobbler
Two of my next victims.

Afterwards, we went to Bubba's 33 for onion rings. Now that is well rounded meal.

Mitcho
©2020

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

P F Changs - Northpark

I finally found a good thing about the Corona with no Lyme virus (Covid-19). I had to look really hard to find a good thing, but I am from the crick, I can do it. P F Changs in Northpark the last 10 or 15 years has been one of the hardest places to get a table to grub it up. We have tried a number of times, but 2 and 3 hour waits just weren't in our plans.

Along comes Corona with no Lyme and almost nobody is eating out. Most restaurants have so few people in them that eating out that it may be safer than eating at home with all of these wannabees.

The wifey was all perplexed about what to eat this evening because over the last couple of days we have covered all the major food groups, Mexican, BBQ, Pizza, Italian, Mexican, BBQ, Pizza, etc. What are we going to do? So I spent most of the afternoon pretending I was working while I was trying to solve this difficult dynamic question that my life depends upon the answer. You know I might starve to death any moment. My first thought was Pei Wei, which is P F Changs Light, but Pei Wei does not have dining in yet. So so sorry Wei. Next time, maybe. So now I have chinese on my brain. I am not much of a fan of chinese buffets because the food quality is typically questionable. Eventually I came to the idea of P F Changs. I knew I had a winner. Winner Winner chicken dinner.
So the wifey wanders into my office of hard work and I present my suggestion and she grinned ear to ear. So it is on.

We did the Chinese New Year dance to Changs. I was right, almost no one there. Walked right in and got a table.

Time for the difficult part of the meal. The wifey needs to share and we are going to share what she likes. That's how I roll these days. So she fretted over the paper menu and then said I could pick what I like. I am not falling for that trick. I haven't restocked the snacks in the dog house lately, so I am not going for that trap. I picked out several options that seemed to be her choices and let her pick from my short list. Pepper steak was the final answer with fried rice. In reality, you probably can't go wrong with any pick here.

The Pepper Steak was very tasty, tender pieces of meat, a number types of vegetables covered with a very tasty sauce. She made a good choice. We split it in half and tore into it. Man it was good. The only problem is, when you eat 1/2 of a chinese dinner you are hungry again, half the way back to Hungry Heights. Being the smart guy I am, I talked the wifey into ordering the Great Wall of China. This 6 layers of yummy chocolate cake covered with 6 layers of chocolate icing and cut about the size of 1/2 of the original cake.  I am telling you, I don't think I will ever be hungry again, or at least till morning. So I am a great problem solver.

This was a great meal in a great atmosphere. So if you need to brush up on your Mandarin and want the top of the heap fixins, peddle on over the Northpark and grab you some P F Changs.

Giv'em a 8.8564657987

Mitcho
©2020

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

Cheesecake Factory

As many of you know, I married way way up. and there are times when I have to come out of the crick and act civilized and with some class. I have been practicing being civilized for many years and I finally at a point I can fake it for 10 minutes or so.

So the wifey successfully completed another full revolution around the sun and of course we needed to celebrate. Under these circumstances, you don't just take her to the crick and feed her mud cat and crawdads. The wifey is a big fan of Cheesecake Factory, so I knew how this was going to end. She caved immediately once I suggested our destination. So we did the la bomba over to NorthPark to strap on the feed bag.

Of course there was great discussion as to what we were going to eat. I don't know how many times I said that I was going for the cheesecake and the preliminaries were insignificant.As usual we share an entre and get our own cheesecake. There is no other way to do this. The wifey mulled over her usual choices and finally settled for Herb Crusted Chicken.

The Herb Crusted Chicken has a tasty crust over a chicken breast. This is not Factory Nachos, but it is pretty good. It comes with green beans and mashed taters. The wifey took the beans and left me with the mashed taters. The mashed taters had some extra zing to them, so they were better than the normal mashed taters.

I went for the Dolce De Leche Caramel Cheesecake. Two piles of whipped cream, and caramel cheesecake, you just can't go wrong. It was delicious to the last drop and now I am miserable.

So if you are suffering from a sugar deficiency, grab some crick running buddies and paddle on over to the Cheesecake Factory.

Givem a 8.875.

Mitcho
©2020

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour 

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

Round Top Library Chili Cookoff - Round Top Texas

As all of you know I married way, way, way UP!!!!! I am not sure why a fine upstanding, highly educated, beautiful woman, with proper etiquette, grace and manners would ever marry a redneck from the creek, but a blind squirrel finds a nut occasionally. I am one lucky blind squirrel. You also know if Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. So once in a while I have to come out of the crick, clean up a little bit and go do some classy activity with the wifey. I do have to say that I do have the wifey liking dirt track racing (Sprint Cars, etc.) so I have made some progress myself.

This weekend was one of those times where I sacrificed myself to give the wifey some classy fun. I made arrangements for a 3 day weekend shopping trip to Round Top, Texas. I have been told that Round Top is one amazing place two times a year. Round Top has a population of about 90. But in two weeks in April and two weeks in October (I think), the place becomes a Canton Texas on steroids. The main difference is that everything sold is high dollar. The rest of the year there are almost as many shops to shop in as there are residents. So even in January there is a lot to look at, handle, drop (then buy), etc. The wifey was in hog heaven. I even threw in a side trip to Columbus, Texas for additional shopping. Their advertisement indicated they had over 60 shops. After getting there, that 60 includes Walmart, Brookshires, hardware stores, Tractor Supply, etc. After eliminating all the places I would go in, there were 4 or 5 places to shop in. But that still made the wifey happy.

As we arrived in Round Top on Friday, the first sign I read was a sign for a Chili Cookoff on Saturday. Of course I was immediately on a mission to find out the details. This looks very promising. The wifey being the loving wife she is, also immediately said we needed to go to the cookoff on Saturday. You can't beat that girl. On Saturday, at lunch time, we did the dos e do over to the Stone Cellar where the cookoff was being held. There were more than 90 cars in the parking lot. This is a big deal. We paid $10.00 each for all the chili we could eat. They gonna lose some money here. It is my personal desire to make em pay. I am told I have been to one chili cookoff at my church years ago, but I don't remember anything about it, so for my memory sake, this was my first. I would guess there were 25 to 30 entrants. The entrants were businesses, junior class at the high school, chili cookoff teams, families, etc. We had to pick one entrant as the winner. This is much harder than you think and I will do it different next time. The first sample of chili we had was some powerful good chili. Very spicey!!!! Man we got a winner here and I hadn't tried any others. The wifey and I went to about 15 of the entrants then took a break and drank a Diet Coke and listened to some girl performing country and western songs. It looks like she might be famous down in those parts. After a brief rest, we resumed and went back and tried about 10 more entrants chili. Here is what I learned. After the first one, the rest were not as spicey (or at least it seemed). They were all pretty good. A little different here and there, but I would take any of them as a covered dish to the next church social. Finally I had to vote, but first I wanted to go back and retry the first one as I thought I should compare them after eating all the rest. It was just run of the mill chili. Here is a lesson for you, before you go to a chili cookoff, figure out how to cleanse your pallet between entrants. This way you will have a better chance to pick the best chili. I did go ahead and voted for Round Top Home Builders chili. To top the event off, one of the booths was also serving a cup of Blue Bell Ice Cream. So you know, I went and got me some ice cream for the road.

The cookoff had some good looking silent auction items available to bid on. I am sure this is a good fund raiser for the library and I am also sure they need the help. Overall, I really enjoyed the chili cookoff, the chili was great, the people very friendly and entertaining. Just a good ole time.

So if you are gonna have to take your gal to Round Top for some shopping go in the middle of January and checkout the chili cookoff.

givem a 9.15749879

Mitcho
©2020

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour 

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

Jersey Mike's - Plano

The wifey and me were over in Plano this afternoon for a basketball game that CBoss was playing. Being on two basketball teams at the same time, the kid is playing basketball all the time. But you know, he is a grand so we had to geaux. After the game, another convincing win and CBoss dropped about 10 points in the bucket, we needed to celebrate. So CBoss and his dad has recently developed a fascination with Jersey Mike's.

Also, I have a friend at The First Fried Chicken Eaten Mostly Non-Denominational somewhat Baptist Church in Rockwall that just raves about Jersey Mike's. He constantly says it is the bomb, the best place he likes to eat. And he told me this will eating a burger and cheese fries at Snuffers on my buck. Also, did I mention that RC has enough resume to get your attention when he talks about food. So I was agreeable with boogying down 75 to Jersey Mike's.

Upon arrival, we had to study the menu for a few minutes to figure out what we need to get. Of course we also had Lil' Darlin and The Mayor with us, and it is always a challenge to find something they will eat. After careful study, I went for the The Original Italian. I have some significant history with the Italian Sandwich. I have had em at Subway, Quiznos, Firehouse, among others. You know I sacrifice my body for my readers/followers.

One real point of favor for this place is they slice the meat in front of you once you have ordered. I would assume this would make the meat much more fresh than the other competition. You have several bread choices, several kinds of meat are piled on, then lettuce, tomatoes, onions, several kinds of sauce, spices etc. The sandwich looks yummy. So it came time to attack it. This is a pretty good sandwich. It did have a fresh taste. As for me and the wifey we decided that Firehouse still rules in our house, mainly because the sauce at Firehouse has a much stronger taste. I like strong taste. The Jersey Mike's is a good sandwich and I will find myself back here again.

Givem a 8.4657687687

Mitcho
©2020

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

Kearney's Feed Yard - Sunnyvale

Today was one of those great days where I spent the day out in the woods talking to the birds and wondering what is the meaning of life on Mars. Why do the Martians have it so good anyway? I bet they never caught crawdads in the crick.

After a hard day of doing nothing I gathered up the wifey to head off for some vitals. The wifey suggested we dance the jig to Kearney's Feed Yard. This place use to be a wholesome feed store with cattle feed, horse feed, medical supplies, hay, fishing gear and I could have sold my crawdad's here. However, those fine folks had small fire and nobody had any smores fixins. Burnt the place to the ground. After sometime it was rebuilt as Kearney's Feed Yard, one of the dress yourself up, fancy, high cotton places a good redneck doesn't want to be recognized in. But the wifey has been wanting to test them out and she rules.

A little advice if you go on Friday night, go early. They said the wait was 30 minutes, but it was longer. During our wait there were enough people go in to fill the place 3 times.

Being a redneck, we had to test their chicken fried steak. You know this and fried bologna are the true steaks. The wifey got a caesar salad and I got a fully loaded baked potato. This CFS was one of the best CFS's I have had in a long time. Hats off to the chef. The wifey reported good things about the salad so it must have been made recently and was not made by Caesar. The baked potato was fully loaded and real good. Top it with Texas toast and you got a humdinger of a meal.

So if you want to impress your missus or your sophisticated friends, gather them up and drag up on over to Kearney's Feed Yard. You won't regret it. Also, if you see anyone that looks like me, it wasn't me.

Givem a 8.8134564654

Mitcho
©2020

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

Kitchens Hardware & Cafe - Mineola, TX

Due to life's circumstances, I have been hanging out in the city with them so called professionals and I feel like I have become way to citified. So the wifey and I decided to skip off to East Texas and associate with some good ole East Texas rednecks for a few days. All you have to do is hole yourself up in an area with mobile homes, storage buildings turned into homes, and other makeshift accommodations and you will get an education of a lifetime or two.

Of course while we were down in the woods, we tended to wander during the day and one day we wandered into Mineola. Now, I have been here before and I have been aware of the cafe in a hardware store. This is redneck on steroids. So we slid into Kitchens Hardware and Cafe. Nothing like eating with shelves of hardware nearby and many many old relics of the past.

After studying the menu, I decided to go for the Junk Yard Dog. I am thinking why not. This is a hot dog with chili, sauerkraut, onions, cheese and any other stray items they happen to have in the kitchen. this doggy had the best sauerkraut I have tore into in a very long time. The chili and dog were pretty good, and there was a good amount of onion. Overall, this was a powerful good doggy.

The meal also came with homemade french fries. We all like fries, and these were pretty thin cut and fried crisp just like I like'em.

So if you are getting too citified and need an instant cure, grab up some know associates and bogey down to Mineola and checkout Kitchens Hardware you won't regret it.

Givem a 7.9655465465

Mitcho
©2019

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour